Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology

PhD Students

Ashlie Ake

MS, Kansas State University

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Dr. Dana Vanlandingham
Hometown: Manhattan, KS
Research Project: Effects of Microclimate on Mosquito Populations.

Haitham Alneaemy

MSc

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Dr. Raghavendra Amachawadi
Hometown: Calgary, Canada
Research Project: Prevention of liver abcess in feedlot cattle.

Rebecca Bigelow

BS, Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M MS, Animal Science, West Texas A&M University

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Drs. Brad White & Phillip Lancaster
Hometown: Bushland, TX
Research Project: Liver abscesses in beef-on-dairy cattle.

Eric Cheng

MPH, Kansas State University

Research Field: TBD
Major Professor: Dr. Laura Miller
Hometown: Manhattan, KS
Research Project: Assessment of the immunogenicity of Nipah virus-like particle (VLP) and core-like particle (CLP) vaccines in pigs

Sri Dasari

BVSc & A.H, M.Sc. in One Health, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry India

Research Field: Microbiology/Epidemiology
Major Professor: Dr. T.G. Nagaraja
Hometown: Vijayawada, India
Research Project: Antimicrobial Resistance in Bovine Respiratory Disease Pathogens.

Manackam Dhandapani

Master of Computer Applications, Bharathidasan University

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Dr. Raghavendra Amachawadi
Hometown: Dindigul, India
Research Project: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Torre Dunlea

BS, Biology, UTSA Master's in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and AMR, University of Glasgow

Research Field: Veterinary Pathobiology, Epidemiology
Major Professor: Dr. Mike Sanderson
Hometown: Helotes, TX
Research Project: Quantitative Risk Estimation of FMD transmission following cattle movements during an outbreak.

Steven Edache

DVM, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (Nigeria) MSc, Kansas State University

Research Field: Outcomes Research and Epidemiology
Major Professor: Dr. Natalia Cernicchiaro
Hometown: Plateau State, Nigeria
Research Project: Understanding and modeling transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in swine population.

Mahamudul Hasan

DVM, Sylhet Agricultural University (Bangladesh)

Research Field: Pathobiology and Molecular Diagnostics
Major Professor: Dr. Laura Miller
Hometown: Rangpur, Bangladesh
Research project: Unraveling the Etiology of Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Through Molecular Approaches.

Joana Magoga

DVM, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Algre, RS, Brazil

Research Field: Swine nutrition
Major Professor: Dr. Jordan Gebhardt
Hometown: Bento Goncalves, RS, Brazil
Research Project: Applied swine nutrition

Jayden McCall

DVM/PhD, Pathobiology MPH, Infectious Diseases/Zoonoses, Kansas State University

Research Field: Immunology, Vaccine Development
Major Professor: Dr. Waithaka Mwangi
Hometown: Valley Center, KS
Research Project: Protective antigen identification for African Swine Fever Virus.

Luija W Wickramasingha Mudiyansela

MSc, Kansas State University BSc, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Dr. Jayme Souza-Neto
Hometown: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Research Project: Functional genomics of Rift Valle fever virus in vector-host-pathogen interactions.

Bernard Otieno Oduor

MSc., Molecular Medicine, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology BSc., Medical Microbiology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology

Research Field: Identification of Protective Antigens for African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV)

Major Professor: Dr. Waithaka Mwangi
Home Town: Nairobi, Kenya

Saurav Pantha

DVM, Tribhuvan University, Nepal MS, Kansas State University

Research Field: Immunology, Virology, Pathobiology
Major Professor: Dr. Santosh Dhakal
Hometown: Bhairahawa, Nepal
Research Project: The interaction of biological sex and obesity during Influenza virus infection in a mouse model.

MaRyka Smith

DVM, Kansas State University BS, Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Dr. Mike Sanderson
Hometown: Hoyt, KS
Research Project: Foot and Mouth Disease Modeling.

Hari Sridhar

Master's in Veterinary Science (Animal Biochemistry), Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Dr. T.G. Nagaraja
Hometown: Puducherry, India
Research Project: Understanding the impact of feeding and management factors on prevalence of Salmonella in beef-on-dairy cattle.

Thangam Venkatesan

Master's in Veterinary Science, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Dr. T.G. Nagaraja
Hometown: Puducherry, India
Research Project: Projects related to food animal microbiology.